Research & Development
Innovation is at the core of SANDs working philosophy, continually pushing the boundaries of what is possible to develop novel solutions for complex and challenging marine near-surface problems.
RESEARCH SERVICES
At the Corporate-level, SAND has strong ties with several UK universities, most notably the University of Southampton and Imperial College London. This includes the support of both master’s courses and PhD level projects through the supply of data, mentoring and real-world problem definition. Additionally, SAND works closely with various members of academic and scientific staff from a range of global institutions.
At the personnel-level, SAND staff have extensive experience in undertaking research and development, both within the academic and industry sectors. The outputs from these projects have been published in the highest-level peer-reviewed academic journals and won awards at conferences, whilst simultaneously maintaining a focus on remaining commercially viable solutions.
Dr Mark Vardy has supervised 5 PhD students, authored or co-authored over 20 peer-reviewed publications, is Editor in Chief for Near Surface Geophysics, and has developed/applied a range of novel high-resolution marine acquisition and processing methodologies.
He was a co-developer of the first commercial decimetre-resolution 3D seismic system, has written numerous seismic processing algorithms (e.g., frequency-approximated Kirchhoff imaging, geotechnical inversion, diffraction imaging), and has consulted on a range of research projects, from understanding river evolution in Bangladesh to mapping the edifice collapse deposits around Montserrat. Within SAND, Mark’s primary focus is the continued development of cutting edge and bespoke imaging strategies alongside our in-house QSI software.
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Dr Luke Pinson has published over 10 peer-reviewed publications and presented his research findings at conferences all over the World.
His principle area of expertise is developing groundbreaking new seismic techniques, particularly around linking the acoustic and rock physical properties. His 2008 paper on seismic attenuation was awarded a commendation by the journal Geophysics, narrowly missing out on winning the prestigious Best Paper in Geophysics prize. Technically, he has worked extensively on the commercial development of AUVs for application in the Oil and Gas sector.
Richard Hamilton specialises in the implementation of new technologies, leading the development of new industry standard UXO Survey methods. In particular, he has worked on improving the robustness of pUXO classification through the optimal acquisition and integrated interpretation of multi-sensor arrays, reducing the number of targets requiring mitigation and/or inspection. Alongside this he oversees and leads Oasis Montaj training courses for a variety of end-users.
Dr Giuseppe Provenzano has contributed to several peer-reviewed publications in the field of geophysical imaging, inversion and geomechanical characterization. He has developed novel inversion and processing methodologies for both marine and land seismic data, with a focus on the shallow subsurface quantitative characterization. He has written a range of geophysical/geo-modelling algorithms, including seismic deghosting and full waveform inversion, contributing to multidisciplinary projects on subsurface fluids migration and accumulation, submarine slope stability, and alpine landslide hazard.
At SAND, Giuseppe works on the development of bespoke processing and inversion methodologies, and their integration with our in-house QSI software.
Dr Callum Clay specialises in the acquisition and processing of a range of high-resolution marine seismic data. His research focuses on the modelling of acquisition geometries for imaging, and on quantifying the propagation of uncertainties in predictions of shallow subsurface quantitative characterisation, with particular emphasis on the role of imaging and velocity strategies.
At SAND, Callum works on the development of bespoke processing methodologies alongside our in-house QSI software, to aid in imaging and quantitative characterisation workflows.
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